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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-01-06
WHY Negroes Turn White.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.-Dr. j. V.
Shoemaker, of this city. laughed heart
lily yesterday when shown a newspaper
article giving the alleged wonderful
case of negro man and woman who
had turned from black to white and
whose transformation could not be ex-
planned. "It is not an uncommon skin
disease" he said, "and is known as
leucoderma. In white people the skin
turns milky white, but it is more no.
ticable in colored persons. of course,
owing to the contrast with the dark
skin. The change of color is caused by
the destruction, or rather absorption,
of pigment, which is not formed again
and is not painful. The disease can
only be cured when it is attended to at
the very start. 1t is not fatal, and the
only bad effect is the deformity or pie
bald color it causes. 1t is quite CON-
mon among negroes of the south where
it is often produced by malaria"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-01-06

READING, Pa, Dec. 28.-Franklin
r. Goodhart, o well-known sporting
man, died to-day from the effects or a
fright. Four weeks ago he was 90 bad
" scared in saloon by practical jokers
that he became violently insane. Know
ing that Goodhart was easily fr1ghtena
ed, the jokers executed q mock murder
before his eyes and he fed i'm terror
from the place. From that time on ho
| was hopeless lunatic.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-01-06
Miscellaneous News.
Coming to America.

NEW York, Dec. disappointment
ent Jackson, of Castle Garden. is pre-
pairing the official report of the board
of emigration regarding the business of
the year. The figures will show that
the number of emigrants landed at this
port during the twelve months exceeds
the figures for last year. The tide of
emigration has increased lately on ac'
count of the restored feeling of conf
dence in business and industrial circles
throughout the United States.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-01-06

husbands business corresL
assisting in social circles to ~
his position.
General Logan leaves two children, 0
son now In the United States army .an0
daughter, the wife OF Paymaster
Tucker, OF the Army. IS
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-01-06
I4ILNL ID Do ONE
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR

See that you get the genuine wish red ~"
on front of Wrapper. Prepared only by
j. n. zEILlN & CO., Sole Proprietors,
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. PRICE, Si.00.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-01-06

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How ungentlemanly =
what fun = from Cecile.
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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
SMITHS RESPITE.

John W. Smith killed man by
the name of Barker in Heard county.
Ga, about three years ago. 1t was
dastardly cold blooded murder. He
was tried and convicted and sentenc-
en- to hang, but the lawyers asked for
a new trial, appealed to the Supreme
Court, but all to no avail. Finally
they asked Governor Gordon to com
mute his sentence to imprisonment
for life. This he refused to do, but
gave Smith respite of twenty days
to prepare his soul to meet its God.
This humane respite has so angered
the Heard county people that they
met IN mass meeting and condemned
the action of the Governor. A peo-
pie protesting to be civilized who
would deny man a few days lease
OF lite for spiritual preparation, need
missionary badly. No use to send
missionaries to China when such
bloodthirsty, little-soul people are
nearer home.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
Local Legislation.

Notice is hereby given that aonIjcaticn
VIII be made to the! July session of tho
Georgia legislature 1881 for the naseaiIe
OF local bill with the following CANTON
A Bill 10 be entitled an Act to amend on
Act entitled IAN Act to amend an Act on
Titled an Act to incorporate the tow -
Salt SPRINGS in the county of Douglos ana
to provide for a Mayor and Council for "a
town, and confer certain powers and nrivi.
reyes upon the Mayor aud Council thereof
ana Tor other purposes, so as to extend the
corporate limits of said town and IL oiro
certain other powers to the Mayor ana
council of said town. - Said Act arnrovad
December 2lst, 1886, so as TO chance Tho
corporate limits of said town so as IN no
move the corporate limits of said town from,
lne entire lands of j. B Humphrev's
citizen Of Cobb county, or SO mIcb ~ IL
lands OF said Humphreys as lies within he
county Of Douglas and within the corno,ate
hmlts OF the town of Salt Sprinos The
corporate limits to be removed from Tho
following lands: Commencing At the cors
ner between Bowden's, Humphreys ana
Love land and running due west an tho
line oi Bowdeu' 5 and Humphreys land ~
thu line Of Bowden's Lithia SDrinr ON W
G. 5. Loves land, thence north to The l;ne
between Douglas and Cobb counties thanco
east on the line between Cobb and DorqIoo
counties to Spring street, thence south
east along the line of D X loves and
3 Humphreys land to the beginning cor
ner WI
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
ANARCHISTS,

There is food for reflection in the
statement, recently made in a New
York daily, that about one half of
the insane people in the United
States are of foreign birth. The an
nual cost for the maintenance of
each unfortunate is $40, which foots
up sum exceeding S5,000,000 year
ly. Add to this the prison, aim
house and hospital bills for our alien
population, and the aggregate be-
comes stnpendous. Add to this the
enormous exodus which has Just set
in Acknowledgment than the Ca
pacity of the regular lines of steam
ers-and our economists will wonder
whether the country can long stand
such strain upon it's resources
Zion's Her0Id.
And in these our Southern States
we want none of this unassimilable
population. We have the Negroes
and we prefer them. These are
Christianized. We hear much of the
"demoralizing influences of slavery"
but a thousand times over give us
these ex-slaves and their posterity
rather than the foreign hordes of
atheists, communicates and anarch-
lists who are pouring into the North
ern States. True we have to solve
the problem of races at opposite
poles from each other in the social
scale, but even with this huge disad-
vantage, our population is more hon.
ogeneous than any other in the coun-
try Nature has divided us; the
gospel has united us. Thank God
for the South, for the old South, out
of which this peace has come :
Christian Mder.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
KENNESAW.

Mrs j. s. Reynolds is visiting her son
Mr.. 7. W Reynolds in Atlanta.
Mr.. John W Treglown has gone to
Coosa, Ga, where he is employed on the
Rome and Decatur railroad
-DIED-On the 9th ult Mrs. Abe
kuykendall. The remains were buried at
Hickory Grove church the %. Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. j. S. Rev.
nolds
Rev. J. S. Reynolds will fill his rega-
lar appointment at Pleasant Hope church
next Sunday.
We are glad to know that Messrs. w.
N. Edwards and Joseph B. Moon, of Sor-
rells Springs, will accompany the New Sa-
lem singing choir here on the third Sunday
p. M, to sing for us.
--Messrs. S. J. Baldwin and Rev. John
f. Cox went as delegates from the Baptist
church to attend the general meeting at
Woodstock last Sunday
Mrs Genie Gathin, OF Atlanta, visited
father r. S. Edison last Monday.
Mr.. Edward Baldwin of McCombs
City, Miss, is visiting his sister Mrs. Geo.
R. Gibson
There will be petition presented to
our next session Of the Legislature for the
incorporation of our village.
The children had quite a pleasant time
at their candy pulling at the residence of
R II Cox last Friday evening.
Mr.. B. H. Whitfield says he has cotton
squares Sad to those that have none up.
Mr. D. B. Cox has decidedly the best
swing out
Mr.. B H. Carrie says he has one stalk
of corn in his garden that cost him Is cents
besides labor and fertilizers. A field crop
Of that kind would be quite expensive.
I'm
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
HE PREFERRED DEATH.

A gang of convicts were clearing
land on plantation in Mississippi.
The had just chopped large tree
until its stately head was lettering
in the air, and tho stately woodland
giant commenced to fall, when the
word was given to run. The con
victs and guards all retreated but
one, a negro named Nose Smith.
sent up six months before from PIANO.
10 county to serve a ten years SEN
tence. Smith was on the side to-
wards which the tree was falling.
and he made no attempt to run. He
threw down his axe, folded his arms.
and with a smile playing about his
features gazed steadily upon the
falling tree as it bore swiftly down
on him. The guards and
conyicts shouted at the doomed man.
but he needed them not. The tow
erlng mass of wood reached the
ground, there was crash of broken
boughs and all was still except the
echoes which reverberated through
the forest The immense weight Of
the tree crushed Smiths body out
OF all shape and when the tree was
rolled away only hattened pile of
blood-stained clothing remained of
the ten-year man.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
A HUMAN CORMORANT.

Wallace Bailey, colored, of Angus
ia, gave an exhibition of his powers
at Augusta the other day of diving
under water and catching fish with
his hands. A large crowd was pres.
ent. He stays under the water from
a minute to three minutes and claims
to be able to see and runs the fish
down to their beds. The Augusta
Chronicle says:
"Fhe human cormorant' came to
the top like cork, holding both
hands aloft, in each appearing a
struggling fish. This caused dut-
ter Of applause, which encouraged
the fisher, and after throwing his
prey out on the bank, he went down
again. This was the most success
full dive of the day, for when he came
up, not only did he have a fish in
each hand, but one in his mouth.
This was enough in itself to satisfy
the entire audience, although some
were Of the opinion that he had two
or three fish tied at the bottom.
During the morning he caught two
or three lunches, and went in again
at 3 o'clock. The water was too
cold, and he could not stand it long
er. He captured eight or ten fish,
however, including trout, perch,
Dream and catfish. 1t was wonder
full work, indeed, and all who saw it
were amazed. On leaving the water
the man shook like leaf, and mar
rowly escaped chill.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
r. HIRSCH r. SoN
AN EVIL.

Gossiping. What a mania people
have for it. No wonder the divine
writer has said, ''bridle the tongue
What disposition to talk about per
sons instead of things! But then
this is easily accounted for, when
We remember that any fool can talk
about persons, but it requires sense
to discuss things. There are a few
people in every place who seem to
delight in running about and telling
every little thing they hear, and the
worst of it all is, they do not always
con6ne themselves to the truth.
With some it has grown to disease.
The just must talk about somebody.
1t is great source of evil to town
or community, and the devil wants
no better agency than this to accom-
plish his design, and the person so
engaged is doing for the devil what
he wont do himself. Stop talking
about people and go to reading and
studying and learn to talk about
things. GdstORid Gazette.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
HOLOCAUST.

a horrible holocaust it was IN
Paris on Wednesday of last week,
when the Opera Comique was burn
ed. Ballet dancers were found w.
ing in heaps and many in the au-
dience could not get out of the
burning building, The loss of life is
200. The Library attached to the
theatre was burned with many val
liable books and stores. Six thou
sand costumes were burned in the
wardrobe. The house was insured
tor 100000 france Among the
audience were Gen. Boulanger, Gen.
Sanssier, Gen. Thibandir, NJ. Goblet,
NJ. Bethelot and the Marquis Fer
ronays, the Perfect of Police. They
all escaped unhurt. An artist nqm
ed Philippe, performed prodigies of
valor in saving life. He mounted a
ladder three times and saved three
danseuses after they had been aban-
ed by the fremen. In Rue Favart
sudden gust of wind cleared away
the dense smoke, when woman and
two men were seen standing in an
angle OF the uppermost cornice. The
woman tried to jump but the men
prevented her. When all were fin
ally rescued, the woman was raving
maniac
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
STRANGE MANIFESTATION.

The strange manifestations Of
ghostly spirits in Shelby county,
Mimi, have excited the good farm
ers living there, and one of the
weaIthiest of them, Lorenzo Powell,
is preparing to abandon his home be-
cause of the disturbances. Some
thing over year ago his daughter.
to please her father, married a man
she despised, while the lover to
whom she had given her heart was
forbidden the house. Recently she
died in childbirth, and ever since the
sound Of shrieks and groans has pro-
ceeded bynight from the room which
she occupied, and at times the spirit
OF the young woman has come to the
bedside Of the old farmer and with
heart-rending sobs upbraided him
tor his hard-hearted obstinacy. Pow
ellis wife LETT the house some time
ago, and he himself, unable to en-
dure the strain any longer, is get
ting ready to seek relief in new
home.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02

Will be sold before the Court House
door in the city of Marietta, Cobb county.
Ga, on the first Tuesday in july 1887
daring the legal hours of sale the follow
ing property towit:
Lots of land Nos 3lS, $40. 800. BAG 347
34S and $40, al in the 18th district and
md section Of Cobb county, Georgia and
being in all $50 acres, more or less Levied
onsas the property of J. n Babb to satisfy
a ii IA issued from Cobb Superior Court in
favor of w. S. and J n Cheney. Fxr's
of the estate of a. j. Cheney, deceased. VS.
}. n Babb and notice given to said Babb
in the terms of the law
Also, at the same time and plqde one
house and ot in the town OF Roswell known
as town lot No. s, in the first district and
2nd section OF, original Cherokee now.
COBB county, Ga, it being all of said LOT
but forty by sixty eet in the north corner
OF said lot, and bounded on the east Inv
cemetery street; north by what is known as
a continuation of Canton street, which
runs between it and the land of Thos !.
NliDhnnett, and on the west bv house and
lot of Mrs. Lou Hembree, and on the soutb
ny VIM kelpin's house and LOT. and con
tanning one half acre more or less. and be>
ing the residence OF Mrs. Mary A Arnold
and nov in her possession, and notice
mailed 10 her as such Levied on as the
property OF d. :. Arnold to satisfy Fl "a
issued from Cobb Superior Court in favor
OF John Sivey & Co., vs. D. 5. Arnold
Also, at the same time and place, one
house and lot in the city of Marietta, Cobb
county, Ca, located on the north east side
of kennesaw Avenue, bounded on west Nv
kennesaw Avenue, also on southwest ~
kennesaw Avenue, on east and north east
by W X A. r. r., the same being the lot
lying between kenneSaw Avenue and ~
" a. X. r., and across Kennesaw Avenue
from HARDWOOD Seminary, said lot being
one halt OF an acre more or less, and being
the same wherein the new residence of A
Howell! is being erected. Levied on as the
property OF A. Howell to safety n Justice
Court fl ia issued from sgSth District OF q
NJ. OF said county. in favor of A. NJ. Dohbs
vs.. A. Howell Il Son. Notice given TO A
Howell owner in possession Levy made
and returned to me by W, T. Simpson, L.
II C0pNETr Cha
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02

Mrs. Clara Emmons, who resided
in Woodland, Ala, has been murder
ed by her husband. She was in an
insane asylum for five years, and to
everybody's surprise was cured a
month ago, and returned home. She
had been almost forgotten by her
husband, who had beautiful Young
woman as his paramour. He tried
to have his wife put back in the asy-
lum, but failed. He then gave her
a grain of strychnine, and broke her
neck with a club. The murderer
threw her body in canebrake, and
then amid great lamentations, he re.
ported that she had died from snake
bite. The murder was discovered.
however, and but for his quick flight
the infuriated people would have
burned Emmons at the stake.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
GEORGIA MARBLE.

Mr.. II. G. Clements, one of the
large stockholders in the Georgia
and American Marble Companies.
told us a few days ago that the mills
could not fill the orders they were
receiving for marble, and some of the
North Georgia companies were six
months behind with orders.
The American Marble Company at
Marietta have nine gangs of saws
running, and will put in six more.
The Georgia Marble Company at
Tate, have six, and they are now get
ting up the machinery to put up
twenty-four more. Mr.. Sickles. on
Long Swamp, in Pickens county, has
four gangs of saws in operation. Col.
Dewar, at Nelson, has ten gangs
making a total of 20 gangs running,
and the 80 additional to be added
soon, will make SO gangs of saws on
the line of the NJ. & N. Ga. R. r.
Mr.. Clement gave it as his opinion
that this number could not keep up
with the orders coming in. Now, if
the quality of the marble in North
Georgia can command such attention
from the trade in so short a time
what may we expect when the rail
road is completed to Murphy and up
Valley river, and the marble interest
of this country is as fully developed
as it is now in Pickens county, Ga.
Mr.. A. q. Kinsey, who owns the
Hughes property, FIVE miles south of
Murphy, could well afford to start
fifty gangs of saws on his property,
as it is our opinion that there is no
finer quality OF marble on this CONT
nent, and the quantity seems to be
inexhaustible, and it lies right along
side the railroad track.
This property also contains splen-
did iron ore, and vein of the finest
white tale, 80 feet wide, which lays
alongside the marble. There are many
other valuable properties in this
county, containing marble, iron, tale
and manganese when developed will
astonish the natives of this county,
as well as capitalists who open the
mines. A rich harvest is certainly
awaiting the citizens of this country
in the near future Murphy BaUe-
tn.
The above shows that the marble
industry in North Georgia is just in
its infancy. There is vast quarries
of marble in this region that needs
the hands of the capitalists to devel-
op it and turn it into wealth. AS il
is, it is OF no practical benefit to any
body. We believe that there is room
for other companies to organize and
establish plants, which if done by
our home people would give conf
dence to Northern capitalists to in
vest in it also.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
FOR SALE.

| am offering for sale the place on which
| live, seven-eights of mile from the square
on the most popular street, leading from
town, containing % acres eight of which is
extra good, dry meadow land The place
is vel watered, two never failing branches
running through it and is well adapted for
a dairy farm. The house, six rooms, is sit
uated in a natural grove Of two acres and in
good repair. Out houses, stables, crib, rood
orchard of select fruit water extra good,
and all well fenced with plank 1t is con
rounding Marietta.
Also sixty acre farm, under high state
of cultivation under.drained and wel-ter
raced, with good young orchard and vine
yard 20 acres well-timbered. The farm 4
west of Dr. Alstons For completeness of
titles, reference is made to Col R. n. Hol.
land. GEO. W CLELAND.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02

The Elyton Land Company was
organized fifteen years ago, with a
cash capital OF 100000. The presi-
dents report for last year shows real
estate sales OF s4,S66,955. During
the year the company divided free to
its stockholders $4,000 water works
stock, worth par: paid cash divi-
dends $4,000; invested S250.O0O
in permanent improvements, and set
aside 81, 6l4,395 as the result of one
years operations. The present val
ue Of the company's property is S14,-
100000.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
Saved His Life.

Mr.. D. |. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave. XIV
says he was for many years, badly afflicted
with Phthisic, also Diabetes the pains were
almost uncomfortable and would sometimes al
most throw him into commissions He tried
Electric Biters and got relief from first bottle
and after taking six bottles, was entirely
cured and had gained in flesh eighteen
pounds Says he positively believes he
would have died, had it not been for the re
lief afforded by Electric Bitters Sold a
hfty cents a bottle by n. L. Wright.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
Local LEGISLATION.

=. Notice is hereby given that application
VIII be made to the legislature at the INV
s. 5, ssion Tor the passage Of biH with he
following title A Bill to be entitled an
aet to amend an Act entitled IAN Act 70
authorize and require the registration Of all
voters IN the county Of Cobb in this State p.
70 provide for penalties for violation of The
same and for other purposes herein con.
tanned 50 as to provide Tor persons 10 vote
y, VINO have paid their taxes and moved into
T e county from other counties after t l,
az Collector OF Cobb county has collected
ne taxes of Cobb county and for other mr.
poses. Nol PUl-
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02
LOST MOUNTAIN.

Mr. Washington's school has taken va
cation until first Monday in July,
Mr.. Seaborn Johns daughter is very
sick with fever.
We had fine rains. Crops looking well.
DR. Wright had cotton squares on the
25th ut and has the best young corn we
have seen.
Mr. Frank Manning and Mr. Collins
each has a sick child.
Let all 70 to the Union singing on Sat
urday as well as Sunday.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02

A heroic act was performed in
Coke Brothers 4 Co.'S mines at
Beaver Meadow, Pa, by VIM. Gal
lagher, a miner. Gallagher and
Patrick Conoghan had prepared a
blast, and, on lighting the fuse, ran
to places for safety. Gallagher
reached a safe place, but Conoghan
fell in the main way across drill,
and was unable to extricate him
self Gallagher, at the risk of his
own life, ran back and extinguished
the burning fuse. An instant later
and the fuse would have burned to
the powder, and the explosion would
have thrown Conoghan distance of
$50 feet below. Conoghan was then
rescued from his perilous position
by his brave companion.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02

The peach crop is nearly an entire
failure in North and Middle Georgia.
In Southern and Southwest Georgia
there is a prospect of about half
crop. The prospect of an apple crop
is reported about two-thirds of an
average that of the pear about one
third. The prospect for the grape
crop is reported %, or nearly a full
crop.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02

An unknown man chloroformed
ana outraged Jennie Anderson at
Rockville, Missouri. John Wander
berg was arrested and was identified
by the girl as the guilty man. In
the court room the Judge exacted a
$4,000 bond Immediately the
brothers of the girl shot Vanderburg
to death in the court room. 1t now
turns out that the girl was mistaken
in her identity and that Vanderburg
was cooking for camping party
four miles from the scene at the
time the outrage was committed.
The Anderson brothers were arrest
ed and will be held fer murder.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-06-02

The Piegan Indians of Montana
have made over $4,000 this spring
SHINING the carcasses of cattle
which persisted in the snow. The
Indians received IS cents Tor every
hide they brought in, and they ex-
hibited such industry that it became
necessary to watch the herds to pre-
vent them from SHINING every ami
NAL in the territory, dead or alive.